Cybersecurity Capabilities in Developing Nations and Its Impact on Global Security

Abstract

Cybersecurity refers to the organizational practices followed by the different multinational companies to defend their computers, servers, mobile devices, and networks from malicious attacks. This data exploitation is usually done by accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information or hacking the data for money extortion. It applies to systems and mechanisms aimed at stopping unauthorized entry, bugs, and cybercriminal threats to devices, networks, and records. It does not matter how many technologies are emerging to make our life easy; humans are the main vulnerability in every sector. In this chapter, the authors discussed social engineering techniques: how we are being attacked by unknown threats with simple manipulative actions.

A wide-area multi-factor identity authentication scheme based on PKI

“…Figure 1. Traditional Client/Server Architecture Business Model However, dictionary attack [1] , rainbow table attack [2] , social engineering attack [3] and other means can pose a serious threat. It is fragile [4] and has following disadvantages [5] :…”

SMRD: A Novel Cyber Warfare Modeling Framework for Social Engineering, Malware, Ransomware, and Distributed Denial-of-Service Based on a System of Nonlinear Differential Equations

“…These include user education and training, implementation of robust security policies, multi-factor authentication, and continuous monitoring of suspicious activities. Advanced AI-driven solutions can also be employed to identify and thwart SE attempts in real-time [26].…”

A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Social Engineering Attacks and Defense Mechanisms: Toward Effective Mitigation Strategies

“…This information may be employed directly in the execution of the attack or used to obtain further information from secondary sources [24]. Once the attacker has gathered sufficient details on the target, they advance to the relationship establishment stage, focusing on cultivating trust with the target [25], [26]. The exploitation stage aims to accomplish the attack's objective by employing persuasive and manipulative techniques to retrieve sensitive information from the target or mislead them into making security mistakes [27], [28].…”